What to watch in Australia in October 2026

Nobody Wants This (Season 3) | Netflix | All episodes available
Joanne and Noah take their relationship to the next level amid sibling drama, maternal meddling and one giant leap of faith.

The Terminal List (Season 2) | Prime Video | All episodes available
From the best-selling novels of the same name, The Terminal List centers on Navy Seal Commander James Reece (Chris Pratt) as he battles unknown conspiratorial forces seeking to upend the world order. This season follows Reece on a journey of violent redemption, finding a new purpose after finishing his list.

VisionQuest | Disney+ | New episodes weekly
This long-awaited MCU television series follows a rebooted Vision, who has been hiding from those who seek to weaponise him. While laying low he consults the AI personas embedded in his programming, including the infamous Ultron, to find his true meaning. This quiet life of self-reflection ends when a bounty placed on his head thrusts him on the run alongside Thomas Shepard, a mysterious boy who may be Vision's son reincarnate.

The Diplomat (Season 4) | Netflix | All episodes available
One catastrophic moment shatters the fragile peace Kate Wyler has brokered between the US and UK, as well as the crumbling marriage she’s trying to save.

Katseye: Wild Hearts | Disney+
This limited-series is a captivating journey into the iconic group's bold new era while celebrating the fans who helped make it possible. Featuring never-before-seen footage, fan videos, and intimate interviews from the group members, the film explores the powerful bond between KATSEYE and their global fandom.

Crystal Lake | Stan | All episodes available
From production company A24, comes Crystal Lake, the gripping prequel within the infamous world of Friday the 13th. The series stars Linda Cardellini as Pam Voorhees, a grieving single mother unable to move on from the tragic drowning of her son, Jason, in the local town lake. Pam’s elusive past resurfaces, however, when two probing strangers arrive at her door, setting alight a disturbing chain of events that leaves the townspeople of Crystal Lake wondering: who is Pam Voorhees?

Yaga | October 23 | Binge | Double episode premiere, then new episodes weekly
Part supernatural horror, part police procedural and part thriller, Yaga is a dramatic reimagining of the myth of Baba Yaga. Hudson Williams (Heated Rivalry), Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix trilogy) and Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek) star in this Canadian small-town mystery. Is it magic? Or something more sinister?

Newlyweds | October 24 | HBO Max | New episodes weekly
A mature romance starring Téa Leoni and Tim Daly, following a free-spirited woman and a reserved professor who unexpectedly marry after a brief but passionate courtship.

Nocturne | October 30 | Apple TV | Double episode premiere, then new episodes weekly
This Apple TV series tells the story of Jonah Lynn (Liev Schreiber), an ex-soldier turned homicide detective who, tired of working the tough streets of Philadelphia, moves to a small town in western Pennsylvania for a quiet life. But, as the town and his family come under attack from the diabolically cunning serial killer Jurek Walter (Stephen Graham), Jonah must protect all that he holds dear.

Matchbox The Movie | Apple TV
Inspired by the iconic Mattel toys, Matchbox The Movie is an action-packed, globetrotting adventure about a group of friends since childhood who have their lives upended when undercover CIA agent Sean (John Cena), their long-absent former leader, returns to their small town and unwittingly gets them embroiled in a frantic international pursuit to save the world.

Animals | Netflix
When their son is kidnapped, an LA mayoral candidate and his wife scramble to raise the ransom while making choices that could tear their world apart.

Love of Your Life | Prime Video
Prime Video's Love Of Your Life follows Maya (Margaret Qualley), whose chance encounter with Charlie (Gabriel Basso) sets in motion a sweeping romance and a future beyond anything she had imagined. When that future is suddenly upended, Maya is sent hurtling toward an unexpected new life — one that will force her to reckon with who she is, what she wants, and how to love again.

Masterplan | Prime Video
When a legendary thief sets his sights on the Mona Lisa, he recruits two young strangers to help him — Chiara, a sharp Italian cybercrime expert, and Jay, a swaggering French explosives specialist — before revealing they are long-lost siblings... and oh yes by the way, he is their father. Thrown into a chaotic reunion they never asked for, this new family must learn to work together — and try not to kill each other — if they want any chance at pulling off the heist of the century.

Tenzing | Apple TV
Based on true events, Tenzing chronicles the little-known story of Tenzing Norgay (Genden Phuntsok), a gifted Himalayan climber who, alongside New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary (Tom Hiddleston), became the first to summit Mount Everest.

Obsession | HBO Max
Obsession follows a hopeless romantic who breaks the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush’s heart — only to get exactly what he wished for, with increasingly dark and sinister consequences.

Leviticus | October 30 | HBO Max
Leviticus is a coming-of-age romantic supernatural horror film written and directed by Adrian Chiarella, following two teenage boys who must escape a violent entity that takes the terrifying form of the person they desire most — each other.

Carrie | Prime Video | All episodes available
Misfit high-schooler Carrie White (Summer H. Howell) has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother, Margaret (Samantha Sloyan). After her father’s sudden death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social-media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.

Small Prophets | Apple TV | New episodes weekly
Small Prophets is a comic tale of the eccentric Michael Sleep (Pearce Quigley) who, since his darling Clea disappeared seven years ago, has lived a very ordinary life. He works in a DIY store, visits his dad Brian (Sir Michael Palin) and hopes Clea will return. One day Brian shares an old recipe involving rainwater, horse manure and more than a little alchemy. With the recipe in hand, Michael sets out (albeit with some scepticism) to create homunculi — magical spirits that can predict the future — in the hope they have the answer to his burning question: "Will I ever see Clea again?"

The Kardashians (Season 8) | Disney+ | New episodes weekly
For the Kardashian-Jenners, a new chapter starts now. This season is all about love, reinvention, and what comes next. Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, and Kylie balance empire-building with something far more personal, from unexpected sparks and new relationships, to healing old wounds and embracing independence.

Gnomes | Stan | All episodes available
Senior Sergeant Arnold Kipps (Asa Butterfield) is having a totally sub-par day in suburbia. His ex-partner and ex-flame Ellie McKay (Megan Smart) has just returned to Nompton to shut down his police station, right when an ancient, evil force is awakened by the bloodthirsty Gnome Queen. Unleashing a nightmare horde of killer ceramic gnomes upon the unsuspecting town, Nompton is instantly plunged into pure, unadulterated chaos.

Below | Netflix | All episodes available
When a mysterious sea creature starts terrorizing a coastal town, a fisherman must fight to protect his family and his community's vanishing way of life.

East of Eden | Netflix | All episodes available
In the early 1900s, a fiercely independent woman drives a rift between two brothers, igniting a saga that unfolds across two generations.

Scrubs (Season 2) | Disney+ | Double episode premiere, then new episodes weekly
Back for the reboot's second season, J.D., Turk and Elliot have leveled up from interns to icons at Sacred Heart. Now, the respected doctors inspire the next generation while balancing the ups and downs of working in a hospital. Together with characters new and old, they are navigating this next chapter with laughter, heart and some surprises along the way.

Kill Jackie | Stan | All episodes available
Jackie (Catherine Zeta-Jones) has been living a luxurious existence for the last twenty years – travelling the world, selling fine art and, above all, trying to stay anonymous after escaping a dangerous past as an international drug smuggler. But just as life starts to feel a little boring, it takes a sudden lethal turn when she discovers that The Seven Demons, a squad of the world’s most terrifying hitmen, have been hired to kill her.

War | HBO Max | New episodes weekly
War is a new HBO Original high-stakes legal drama starring Dominic West and Sienna Miller. Set among London’s most powerful lawyers, the series follows rival firms Cathcarts & Sons and Taylor & Byrne as they go head-to-head in a headline-grabbing legal battle, drawing ambitious young lawyer Jonathan "Johnny" Warren (Archie Renaux) into a ruthless world where ambition, betrayal and winning come at a price.

American Horror Story: 13 (Season 13) | Binge | Triple episode premiere, then new episodes weekly
An unrivaled 13th installment that will do justice to everyone’s most feared number. Bringing together an all-star cast, many of whom are reprising fan favorite roles, American Horror Story: 13 continues to build on the anthology’s decades-long legacy. Which iconic horrors will return to haunt the hallowed halls of 13 and what new terrors await? Light your candles, draw your pentagrams and prepare for a supreme surprise.

Slo Pitch | HBO Max | Double episodes weekly
Batter up! The much-anticipated original comedy series follows the Brovaries — a lovable, queer, beer league softball team determined to defy the odds in pursuit of a championship season. Throughout 10 episodes, Slo Pitch delivers heartfelt friendships and unapologetic queer joy through a unique Canadian lens.

A Different World | Netflix | All episodes available
In this beloved '80s series remake, when Deborah, Dwayne Wayne, and Whitley Gilbert's free-spirited, well-intentioned, yet rebellious youngest child, enters her freshman year at Hillman College, she finds the shadow of her parents difficult to escape as she sets out to build her own legacy, while having the time of her life, alongside a whole new generation of Hillman's best and brightest.

Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story | Netflix | All episodes available
In the fourth instalment of the Monster series, Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story tells the story of how one young woman changed what the world believed a killer could be. All it took was an axe. When the repressed daughter of a wealthy New England family and her rebellious maid find themselves trapped in a house built on humiliation and cruelty, they escape into a fantasy of sex, power, and revenge. The gruesome unsolved murders that follow don’t just shock the world — they give birth to an icon who refuses to live imprisoned in a cage, choosing instead to forge her own legend: shocking, monstrous, and gloriously free.

Slow Horses (Season 6) | Apple TV | New episodes weekly
In Season 6 of Slow Horses, the dysfunctional agents of Slough House find themselves on the run as Diana Taverner draws them into a high-stakes game of retaliation and revenge.

Brothers | Apple TV | New episodes weekly
Brothers follows Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, who play fictionalised versions of themselves, and whose lifelong friendship is thrown into chaos when they uncover a decades-old secret: they might actually be brothers. After Woody’s daughter’s wedding falls apart, he loads up the family and heads to Austin for an extended stay at Matthew’s ranch. But what begins as a healing getaway quickly spirals when Matthew’s mother, Ma Mac (Holland Taylor), accidentally lets slip a long-buried secret that the two friends might actually be brothers.

Neagley (Season 1) | Prime Video | All episodes available
This new Prime series follows Frances Neagley (Maria Sten), a private investigator in Chicago and former military protege of Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) in the Army’s 110th Special Investigations Unit. When she learns that a beloved friend from her past has been killed in a suspicious accident, she becomes hell-bent on justice. Using everything she’s learned from Jack Reacher and her time as a member of the 110 Special Investigators, Neagley puts herself on a dangerous path to uncover a menacing evil.

Apocalypse (Season 1) | Binge | Double episode premiere, then new episodes weekly
The new Binge Original series Apocalypse asks viewers the ultimate question: Could you survive the end of the world? Strangers from Australia and the UK are thrown into the ruins of an abandoned city. Their mission is simple: survive for 28 days.

Outlander: Blood of My Blood (Season 2) | Stan | New episodes weekly
Following the love story of Jamie Fraser and Claire Beauchamp’s parents, season 1 of Outlander: Blood of My Blood introduced two parallel love stories between Julia and Henry Beauchamp, separated and stranded in 18th century Scotland, alongside the forbidden romance of rival clan members Ellen MacKenzie and Brian Fraser. The new season picks up at a pivotal turning point: Henry and Julia hope to return to their own time period to baby Claire, whilst Ellen and Brian’s escape has been cut short by the onset of the 1715 Jacobite Rising.

American Hostage | Stan | New episodes weekly
Set in the 1970s, the new psychological thriller series American Hostage is inspired by the harrowing true story of Fred Heckman, a beloved Indianapolis radio reporter, who is thrust into a life-or-death live broadcast crisis when hostage-taker Tony Kiritsis demands to be interviewed on his highly popular radio news show.

Youth | HBO Max | Double episode premiere, then new episodes weekly
This HBO Original follows a 50-year-old divorcee navigating the highs and lows of dating, sex and love while balancing the demands of caring for her ailing parents and raising her not-quite-grown-up son.

Line of Fire | HBO Max | New episodes weekly
Line of Fire follows a family of law enforcement agents who become targets of a mysterious assassin after a U.S. Marshal falls in the line of duty, forcing them to use their expertise to protect each other.

The Gentlemen (Season 2) | Netflix | All episodes available
In season two, Eddie has big plans to expand his thriving empire — with or without Bobby's blessing. Susie starts sniffing out a new way to diversify the business.

Last Seen | Apple TV | New episodes weekly
Police detective Ian Ridley’s (Patrick Brammall) life fell apart 11 years ago when his young daughter, Maggie, disappeared without a trace. Now working as a police dispatcher, the only thing that has kept him going is his implacable refusal to accept that she might be gone forever. When he receives a distress call from a teenage girl he is certain is Maggie, he will stop at nothing to find her and reunite his broken family, whatever the cost.

High Country (Season 2) | Binge | New episodes weekly
Set nine months after the first season, High Country: What Lies Beneath is the second instalment of this eight-part mystery thriller. In the wake of a double murder aboard a Lake Eildon houseboat, the series follows Detective Andie Whitford (Leah Purcell) as she’s drawn into a case far more dangerous and personal than she ever imagined.

Chad Powers (Season 2) | Disney+ | All episodes available
In season two of this football-focused Hulu comedy, Chad Powers is a superstar on the field, but his odd behaviour off it has everyone suspicious – especially Coach Hudson and Gerry. The walls are closing in on Russ’s lie, and if he and Danny want Chad to survive the regular season and lead the Catfish to the College Football Playoff, the only person who can help them is the last person who wants to: Ricky.

Lanterns | HBO Max | New episodes weekly
HBO Max's Lanterns follows new recruit John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler), two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.

Ted Lasso (Season 4) | Apple TV | New episodes weekly
In the long awaited season four of this Apple TV original, Ted returns to Richmond, taking on his biggest challenge yet: coaching a second division women’s football team. Throughout the course of the season, Ted and the team learn to leap before they look, taking chances they never thought they would.

FX's The Shards | Disney+ | Double episode premiere, then new episodes weekly
Set against the vivid backdrop of 1980s Los Angeles, FX's The Shards follows a group of privileged high school seniors at an elite prep school as they navigate identity, jealousy, obsession and the dangers lurking beneath the surface of American adolescence.

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe | HBO Max | New episodes weekly
Comic book store owner Stuart Bloom is tasked with restoring reality after he breaks a device built by Sheldon and Leonard, accidentally bringing about a multiverse Armageddon. Stuart is aided in this quest by his girlfriend Denise, geologist friend Bert and quantum physicist/all-around pain in the ass Barry Kripke. Along the way, they meet alternate-universe versions of characters we’ve come to know and love from The Big Bang Theory.

The Walking Dead: Dead City (Season 3) | Stan | New episodes weekly
In season three, Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) finally put aside their differences to build the first thriving community in Manhattan since the apocalypse, but when chaos in the city begins to arise, they are forced to question: have they learned from their old wounds or will their dark past spell doom for the entire city? ​ ​

Silo (Season 3) | Apple TV | New episodes weekly
Based on the bestselling trilogy, season three of Silo reveals an origin story set centuries earlier, while continuing the saga of a dystopian society of 10,000 people living underground under mysterious circumstances. In the present, Juliette Nichols (Ferguson) survives her forced “cleaning” but returns with memory loss as the silo recovers from rebellion and faces a dangerous new threat. Meanwhile, in the “Before Times,” journalist Helen Drew (Jessica Henwick) and Congressman Daniel Keene (Ashley Zukerman) uncover a conspiracy that pulls them into a chain of events with catastrophic, irreversible consequences.

The Get Out | Prime Video
A nightclub owner (Russell Crowe) is on the verge of leaving his dangerous past behind for retirement with his girlfriend. When masked gunmen rob him and he finds himself squeezed by ruthless cartels, a mysterious newcomer arrives with an interest in buying the business. With danger closing in from all sides, he must navigate a deadly web of deception, power, and survival – where escape may no longer be an option.

Mother Mary | HBO Max
Global pop icon Mother Mary (Anne Hathaway) suffers a near-fatal onstage incident and struggles with profound existential burnout. Desperate for a wardrobe and creative reset for her comeback performance, she flees to the English countryside to visit Sam Anselm (Michaela Coel), an estranged former best friend, collaborator and costume designer.

Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly | Netflix
In this Netflix documentary, from Australian academic to global meme, breakdancer "Raygun" recounts her offbeat path to the Olympic stage — and the infamy that followed.

The Runner | Prime Video
In this Prime Video psychological thriller, The Runner, Maia Marten (Gal Gadot) has built her life on being one step ahead — a sharp, resourceful, high-powered lawyer at the top of London's legal world. During her routine morning run, a single phone call shatters her world: her son has been taken. The instructions to get him back are simple and merciless — keep moving, follow every command, and tell no one. Stop, and he dies. Forced to sprint through the city and obey a series of sinister commands, Maia must confront an impossible question: how far will she go to bring her son home?

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu | Disney+
In this new Star Wars spin-off, the evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, they have enlisted the help of legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his young apprentice Grogu.

Mayday | Apple TV
In this Apple TV original film, Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh team up in a genre-bending, action-packed buddy comedy that flips the spy thriller on its head. When hotshot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy “Assassin” Kelly (Reynolds) is sent on a top-secret mission into Russian territory at the height of the Cold War, the operation implodes, leaving him stranded behind enemy lines. Discovered by Nikolai Ustinov (Branagh), a gruff ex-KGB agent with a penchant for American culture, Troy thinks he’s toast — but could an unlikely alliance between the two lead to Troy’s rescue and a bond neither saw coming?

Best of the Best | Netflix
In this new Netflix film, two childhood besties join UCLA's competitive Bollywood-fusion dance team, only to find the road to the US championships is fiercer than they imagined.

The Love Hypothesis | Prime Video
Based on the book of the same name, The Love Hypothesis follows Olive (Lili Reinhart), a brilliant Ph.D. candidate focused on her future in academia. But when she realizes her best friend Ahn (Rachel Marsh) has fallen for her crush Jeremy (Nicholas Duvernay), Olive impulsively kisses intimidating professor Adam Carlsen (Tom Bateman) to prove she’s moved on. What begins as a desperate act of friendship spirals into a fake relationship with rules, boundaries, and a mutually beneficial agreement. When their arrangement begins to blur the lines between performance and reality, Olive is forced to test her most daunting hypothesis yet: that love might actually be worth the risk.

The Whisper Man | Netflix
A grieving father, Tom (Adam Scott), and his young son relocate to the quiet town of Featherbank, which was terrorised by a serial killer known as The Whisper Man 15 years earlier. When his son vanishes, Tom enlists help from his estranged father, Pete Willis (Robert De Niro), a retired detective who put away the serial killer now linked to the case.

Furious | Disney+ | New episodes weekly
As of August 31, 2026, the entire first season of Furious is available to stream on Disney+.
Hulu's Furious follows FBI agent, Alice Black (Emmy Rossum) on the hunt for a mysterious and calculating female serial killer. Both walk their own paths toward justice, and as their lives start to intertwine, the line between right and wrong begins to blur.

Lucky | Apple TV | New episodes weekly
As of August 19, 2026, all episodes of Lucky are available to stream on Apple TV.
When a multi-million-dollar heist goes sideways, con artist Lucky (Anya Taylor-Joy) is forced to go on the run. Pursued by both the FBI and a ruthless crime boss, Lucky must fight for her life — and a way out.

House of the Dragon (Season 3) | HBO Max | New episodes weekly
As of August 9, 2026, the entire third season of House of the Dragon is available to stream on HBO Max.
Season three of the HBO Original drama series is an eight-episode instalment based on George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood. Set 200 years before Game of Thrones, it continues the story of House Targaryen and its dynastic conflicts.

Sugar (Season 2) | Apple TV | New episodes weekly
As of August 7, 2026, the entire second season of Sugar is available to stream on Apple TV.
Sugar's second season follows Los Angeles’ iconic private detective and film connoisseur, John Sugar (Colin Farrell), as he returns for a new case, tracking the troubled older brother of an up-and-coming local boxer as his search for his beloved missing sister continues. As the investigation expands into a citywide conspiracy with sinister intentions, Sugar must reckon with himself to answer the question: how far will he go to do what’s right?

Cape Fear | Apple TV | New episodes weekly
As of July 31, 2026, the entire first season of Cape Fear is available to stream on Apple TV.
Inspired by the 1991 remake, a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Anna (Amy Adams) and Tom Bowden (Patrick Wilson) when Max Cady (Javier Bardem), the notorious killer they are responsible for putting behind bars, is let out of prison — and he wants vengeance.

Ms X. | Binge | New episodes weekly
As of July 28, 2026, the entire first season of Ms. X is available to stream on Binge.
In this NZ-based drama series, Mia (Melissa George) teams up with a friend from high school to scare her cheating husband into staying with her. However, Mia is pulled into something far more dangerous: the criminal underworld, caught between the police, her everyday life and the cartel.